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H. T. BELLAMY AND 1. 0. SMITH. PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING GLASS.

APPLICATION mwn'zc. 26, I917.

Patentai May 13, 1919.

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PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING GLASS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-26,1917.

1,303,452. Patented May 13, 1919.

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PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS-FOR DRAWING GLASS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26. I9?- Patented May 13, 1919.

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PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING GLASS.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patented May 13, 1919.

Application filed December 26, 1917. Serial N 0. 208,926.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. we, HARRY TRISTRAM BELLAMY andJEssE CONRAD SMITH, citizens of. the United States, residing at Oak Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, respectively,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Processes of and Apparatus for Drawing Glass, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact .description.

This invention relates to a process of and apparatus for drawing glass,'and more particularly to a process of and apparatus for dlrawing andforming thin walled glass arti- 0 es.

The manufacture of thin walled metallic articles bydrawing and forming is a well known and simple operation. However, due to the peculiar properties of glass, it has been impossible to subject it to like operations for the production of thin walled glass articles, such as tubes, vials, etc;

The difliculty encountered in drawing glass resides-principally in the fact that glass will crank when suddenly converted from.

the plastic to the solid state. To avoid the sudden cooling of the glass in the drawing operation, due to contact with the drawing tools, it has been proposed to heat the tools,

but here again trouble is encountered because of the property of glass, by virtue of which it'willfirmly adhere to the tools when the temperature of said tools is raised above a certain maximum. Because of these difficulties in the drawing and forming-of glass, it has been the'general practice to blow all forms of thin walled glass articles.

One of the objects of this invention resides,.therefore, in the production of an improved process whereby contact between the glass and the forming tools can be regulated 1 Further objects consist in the production. 7 of improved means for instantaneously cutting the formed article from the lastic glass rapidly stripping the article from the punch orram after it 1s formed; of an improved punch and die mechanism, and other fea: tures to be described in the following description and more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

mass as soon as said article is ormed; for i The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a front elevation of the plete machine;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed plan view, partly in section, oftthe glass drawing and forming mechanism in position just DIluI to drawing the plastic glass through the die;

COIn- Fig. 4 is a similar view showing this appa-v position after the glass article is stripping the formed glass article from the ram - Fig. 8 is an enlarged front elevation illustrating in detail the apparatus utilized for operatlng the ram anddie and its associated mechanism; a

Fig. 9 is a view-of the ram and its associated apparatus taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8, and

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of a finished glass lamp bulb.

The invention in its preferred form as herein illustrated and described has been adapted to the drawing of the glass bulbs used to inclose the filaments in miniature incandescent lam as, for example, the lamps used for signal lights in telephone .switchboards. These lamp bulbs must be accurately drawn to certain definite dimensions as to exterior and interior diameters and uniformity of thickness of the glass walls throughout its length. Theinvention is not limited, however, to the specific em bodiment herein illustrated and described,

but comprises within its scope many variations and applications, as outlined in the appended claims.

The lamp bulb drawing machine illustrated in the drawings comprises a suitable mach ne bed plate 10 which is mounted on convenient standards such as 11. Any suitable driving means, such as the electric motor 12, is secured to the bed plate 10. A pulley 13 is attached to the shaft 14 of the motor, the pulley 13 carrying a belt 15 which codperates with a pulley 16. The. pulley 16 is secured to a shaft 17 1ournaled in bearings fastened to the lower side of the bed plate 10 by means ofbrackets such as. 18, said shaft 17 alsocarrying a pulley 19. The pulley 19 drives a belt .23 which cooperates with a second pulley 24 secured to a shaft 25, the shaft 25 carrying any suitable type of clutch mechanism (not shown) which may be tripped by a rod such as 26 to connect the crank 27 to the rotating shaft 25. It will consequently be evident that power will be transmitted from the rotating shaft 14' of the motor, by means of the pulleys hereinbefore described and the belts 5 and 23, to the shaft 25 and thence to the crank 27. Obviously any other type of power transmitting means may be utilized in place of the mechanism just described.

Tne crank 27 carries a pitman 28 which is given one complete reciprocation for each complete revolution of the crank 27. The

clutch mechanism coiiperating between the shaft 25 and the crank 27 is controlled by the operator by means of the treadle 29.

The treadle 29 is integral with a rod 30, said rod and treadle being held in an elevated position by means of the spiral spring 33. The rod 30 is rigidly fastened to the cylindrical rod 34, to which in turn is rigidly secured a sleeve 38, integral with which is a link 39 pivotally secured by a screw 37 to the vertically extending rod 35 the upper end of which carries the catch 36. The catch 36 coiiperates with the pin or rod 26 to trip the clutch mechanism. Any suitable type of clutch controlling mechanism may obviously be utilized in which,- as in the preferred embodiment illustrated and described above, the depression of thetreadle 29 will, through suitable means, operate the clutch and permit the crank 27 to make one complete revolution.

In the preferred form, as illustrated in Fig 1, the depression of the treadle 29 will rotate the rod 34, which in turnwill pull down the rod 35 through the link 39 which is pivotally secured to the said rod 35. This movement of the rod 35 will depress the pin 26 and operate the clutch mechanism. Whenthe operator releases the treadle 29, the spring 33 will return it and the associated mechanism to normal, 'and the pin 25 will thereupon operate the clutch mechanism to disengage the shaft 25 from the crank 27 after the completion of one rotation of said crank.

Pivotally secured to the pitman 28 by means of the pin 40 is the reciprocating rod 41 which reciprocates in a sleeve 42 carried by the standards 43 and 44. As indicated in Figs. 3, 4, and 7, the rod 41 is reduced in diameter at 45, the reduced portion 48 thereof not contacting with the sleeve 42. Said rod is again reduced in diameter at 46, the reduced portion 47 thereof constituting the ram or punch of the machine. This punch is rounded at the end andis slightly tapered and basa diameter which is equal to the interior diameter of the glass bulb which is to be formed. Loosely fitted on the first reduced cross-sectional area 48 of the rod 41 is a sleeve 49 which is lapped to snugly fit the section 48 of the'rod and which is secured to said section 48 so that the rod can be moved independently of said sleeve 49, as hereinafter described. The forward exterior end 56 of this sleeve 49 is reduced in diameter to equal substantially the outside diameter of the glass bulb which is to be formed and also the diameter of the circular opening 54 in a die 55. This forward end 56 of said sleeve has a reduced interior diameter which fits snugly over the exterior of the punch or ram 47. The sleeve 49 is equipped with anelongated slot 57 in which rides a pin 58 secured to the portion 48 of the rod 41. This pin is utilized as the propelling means for the sleeve 49. When the rod 41 is advanced, the pin 58 will ride in the slot 57 and the sleeve 49 will not advance with the rod 41 and its associated ram 47 during the first part of the forward movement of each reciprocation. However, when the rod 41 has advanced to the position illustrated in Fig. 5, the pin 58 contacts with the right end of the elongated slot 57, and the sleeve 49, rod 41, and ram or punch 47 are all advanced together. It. will be evident that on the return stroke of the reciprocation, the rod 41 and ram 47 will move independently of the sleeves 49 and 56 .for the initial portion of said movement and until the pin 58 has moved to the extreme left end of the slot 57. WVhen the pin 58 strikes this end of the slot 57, it will retract the sleeve 49 with the rod 41 and the ram 47. This connection between the rod 41 and the sleeve 49 permits the ram 47 to move forward independently of the sleeve 49 for a certain definite amount of the I forward stroke of each reciprocation and likewise to retract a similar amount on the return stroke of each reciprocation independently ofthe sleeve 49.

Pivotally secured to the mounting standard 44 is the lever 60, the front end of which carries a downwardly extending bifurcated arm 61. The lever is pivoted about the pin 62 and the bifurcated end 61thereof is maintained in slidable contact with the outer peripheries of the sleeves 49 and 56 and the ram 47 by means of the fiat spring 63 secured to the sleeve 42 as the sleeves and ram are reciprocated to and fro. The forward extending portion of the sleeve 49 rides under the left end of the lever 60, thereby maintaining the bifurcated. portion 61 of said lever in yielding contact with said sleeve and ram. The lower ends of the bifurcations of the arm 61 are 'arcuated, as clearly shown in Fig. 9, so as to conform to the circumferential surface of the portion 56 of the sleeve 49. This lever 60 and its bifurcated end 61 is used as a stripper fork to remove or strip from thesleeve and ram, during the return stroke of the reciprocation, the excess of plastic glass which forms about said sleeve and ram after the lass bulb has been completely formed and severed from the mass of plastic glass from which it is drawn.

Mounted on the standard 44 directly opposite to the lever 60 and on the opposite side of the sleeve 42 is a second lever 66 which is pivotally mounted on the standard by means of the pin 67. This lever 66 carries at its front end a pawl 68 carrying a pin 69 which coiiperates with a spring 70 mounted on the lever 66, said spring serving to turn said pawl about its pivot 71 in a counter-clockwise direction until the rearwardly extending finger 72 of said pawl strikes a stop or retaining pin 73 which is mounted on the lever 66. The left-hand end of the lever 6 6 carries a downwardly extending arm 74 fitted with a rounded end which rides on the circumferential surface of the rod 41 through a slot 75 which is cut in the sleeve 42. The end of the downwardly extending arm 74 is held in contact with the outer periphery of the rod 41 by means of a spring 76. which is secured to the sleeve '42 and the end of which rides over a pin 77 secured to the lever 66. The spring 76, therefore, functions to. hold the arm 74 in yielding contact with the peripheral surface of the rod 41. The rod 41 is fitted with a recess 80 in which the arm 74 rides during the major portion of the period that said rod is engaged in the forward movement of a reciprocation. (See Fig. 3). Just prior to the time that the rod reaches the end of the forward movement of the reciprocation the arm 74 leaves the recess 80, riding up the inclined surface thereof against the force exerted by the spring 76 until the arm 74 reaches the outer peripheral surface of the rod 41. At this time the pawl 68 is held in yielding engagement, because of the spring 70, with the outer peri heral surface of the sleeve 49, the spring 0 tending to move the pawl 68 in a counter-clockwise direction. As the rod 41 advances, a catch 81 cut in to the peripheral surface of the sleeve 49 is moved under the front end of the pawl 68, and the pawl 68 will drop into said catch under the force exerted by the sprin 70. The pawl '68 and its coiiperating catcfi 81 will be moved into the position shown in Fig. 4, in which the pawl 68 falls into the catch 81, at the moment that the ram 47. has com leted the forward stroke of a reciprocation. When the rod 41'and ram 47 begin the backward movement on the return stroke of a reciprocation, the pawl 68 ridin in the catch 81 will hold the sleeve 49 an prevent its return movement with the ram 47 and the rod 41. However, as the rod 41 is retracted, the arm 74 will again ride in the recess 80 cut in the outer peripheral surface of said rod, and the lever 66, under the influence of the spring 76, will turn said lever about its ivot 67, and when said arm 74 reaches the owest position of the recess 86, the lever 66 will'have turned about its pivot sufiiciently to remove the awl 68 from the catch-81. At this time tl ie pin 58 in the rod 41 will have reached the left end of the elongated slot 57, and the rod will therefore carry the sleeve 49 with it in its continued retraction.

Secured on the bed 10 at the right'end of the machine is another mounting standard 82 on which is rigidly mounted a sleeve 65 integral with W-l'llCll are the forwardly extending vertical plates 83 and 84 which are equipped with an interior circumferential circular hole which is equal to the outside diameter of the glass bulb which is to be formed and substantially equal in diameter to the forward cylindrical portion 56 of the sleeve 49. The center line of the hole 54. the die 55, the ram 47, and the sleeve 49 are obviously all in alinement.

The cylindrical rod'85 which is slidably fitted in the sleeve 65 and in the vertical side walls 83 and 84 contains a forwardly-extending cylindrical rod 89 of reduced crosssectional area, integral with'which is a sec 0nd forwardly extending cylindrical rod 90 of still further reduced cross-sectional area. The rod 90 constitutes what may be termed a pad, and the front end of this pad is fitted with a concave or cupped surface, as clearly indicated in Fig. 5, the diameter of whic concave surfaceis slightly less than the di-' surface of the pad 90 and therounded surface of the end of the ram 47 cooperate to form the closed front end of the glass lamp bulb 91, illustrated inFi 10, as more fully hereinafter described. 0 viously the end of the ram 47 and the pad 90 may be given any desired shape oriform, de ending upon the ultimate'endshape desire on the g ass article which is being drawn.

The cylindrical rod 85, with which the metallic pad 90 is integral, normally protrudes about one-eighth of an inch beyond the front face of the die 55. The pad is held in this position by a spring pressed pawl 92 which rides in a recess in the rod 85 when said rod is in its normal position, as indicated in ,Figs. 3 and 8. A spiral spring 93 secured to a rearwardly extending pin 94 integral with the mounting bracket 82, to which pin the spring 95 controlling the pawl 92 is also attached, tends to retract or withdraw thepad 90 from its normal position. The other end of the spiral spring 93 is secured to a bell crank 96, pivoted at 97 to a rearwardly extending arm 98 secured to the base 10. of the machine, and at 99 to a bracket 100 rigidly secured to the rod 85. As the spring 93 is normally under tension, it will be obvious that it tends to turn the bell crank 96 about its pivot 97 and thus move the bracket 100 to the right, thereby tending to retract the rod 85, and the pad 90, to which the bracket is-attached. This retraction of the pad 90 and rod 85 is prevented as hereinbefore described by the spring operated pawl 92.

Secured to the lower surface of the sleeve 49 is a screw or any other suitable downwardly extending arm 101 which cooperates with an upwardly extending arm 102 secured to a sleeve 103 rigidly secured to a rod 104. The rod 104'carries at one end a spiral spring 105, the other end of which is attached to the mounting bracket 43, and at its other end carries the protruding spherical projection or knob 106 which cooperates with a semi-circular depression in the pawl 92. When the sleeve 49 and ram 47 are advanced to the position at which it is desired to retract the pad 90, which is illustrated in,- 5 'Fig. 5, the downwardly depending arm 101 contacts with the upwardly extending arm 102 and advances the rod 104 with the sleeve 85 and permit the spring 93 to retract the pad 90 to the position illustrated inFig. 4, in which it is completely removed from the path of the ram 47. When the ram has been 'retracted from the die, the pad 90 is returned to its normal position, indicated in Figs. 3 and 8, by depressing the foot treadle 108 which will rotate the bell crank 96 about its pivot, through the agency of the rod 109, against the tension exerted by the spring 93 and thereby move the rod 85 forward until the pawl 92 is again drawn in the recess in the rod 85 by its cooperating spring 95. i

In the )roduction of the thin walled glass lamp bul s 91, the punch or ram 47, the sleeve 49, the die 55, and the pad 90 must be maintained hot for successful operation. The temperature to which these arts should be heated cannot be definitel y specified, since this will vary, depending upon the type of metal from which the tools are constructed and the grade of polish which the tools have received. However, for the most successful operation of the apparatus these parts should be heated to the highest temperature permissible. This temperature may be accurately'determined for an particular set of tools, since the glass Wlll adhere to the tools if they are heated above this permissible maximum tem erature. Obviously the temperature of t e tools should be maintained as close as possible to this prescribed maximum for the most'satisfactory operation ofthe process and the apparatus.

In the operation of the apparatus, the op- -erator first places a globule of very hot plastic glass in frontof the pad 90. Thls is preferably done by heating the end of a glass rod to the highest temperature possible without actually causing the glass to become fluid and run off from the end of the rod. The feeding of the glass to the pad is not necessarily limited to this method, however, and many other methods are contemplated. Thus for instance, a continuous feed might be arranged whereby a globule of plastic glass is automatically and intermittently delivered from a heating furnace above the machine. When the glass is properly located in front of the pad the operator will trip the treadle 29. This will cause a comfplete rotation of the crank 27, as hereinbe ore described. The complete rotation of the crank will cause a full reciprocation of the rod 41. As the rod 41 advances, it carries with it the ram 47 which on meeting the plastic glass will penetrate said glass and push it forward against the pad. When the ram 47 has penetrated the plastic glass to a depth so that the thickness of glass separating the ram 47 and the pad 90 is equal to the wall thickness of the end of the glass bulb, the rod 104 is advanced, as hereinbefore described, and releases the ,pad so that it will withdraw out of the path of the ram.

The retraction of the pad 90 is accomplished very rapidly, and consequently the end of a lamp bulb is held between the end tion dill surfaces of the ram 47 and the pad 90 for an exceedingly short interval of time, and

"consequentlyrapid cooling of the formed portion of the lamp bulb does not occur due fi'olonged contact of said formed por- I tween'the adjoining portions'of theforming tools. However,these surfaces remain in contact with the end portion of the plastic'jlass lon'g enough to g1ve it the defi nite shape desired. In other words,'the pad.

determines the amount of glass that will advance through the die55 ahead of the ram 47. Obviously the very thin. section of glass confined between the pad 90 and the ram 47 will cool somewhat and solidify slightly-on account of being held between the forming surfaces of the ad and ram. However, this cooling effect 'w1ll not be sufliciently great to strain the formed portion of theglass and cause cracking. The amountof this cooling is. an important factor in the operation of the process and the apparatus and the machine must be adjusted to rapidly retract the pad from the formed end of the glass at the momentthat the required amount of cooling has taken place.

After the pad 90 has been retracted, the ram 47 will continue to move through the die, and plastic glass from the bulk 110 will be drawn through the die and around the punch. The sleeve 49 will move forward with the rod 41 when the pin 58 strikes the right end ofthe'slot 57, after which the sleeve will travel with the ram and will enter the opening'54 in the die 55 when the proper amount of plastic glass from the bulk 110 has been drawn through the die. Since the forward protruding cylindrical end 56 of the sleeve 49 fits snugly in the opening 54 of the die 55, it will, upon entering the die, shear off the plastic glass which has been passed through the die from the mass 110 which remains outside of the die. The glass bulb ,91 which has passed through the die is] therefore severed or cut ofi from the plastic mass 110 by the forwardly protruding cylindrical surface 56 of the sleeve 49. In thus cutting off the remainder of the plastic glass 110, the portion which remains will encircle the outer peripheral surface 56 of the sleeve 49. The forwardly projecting cylindrical surface 56 ofthe sleeve will pass inthrough the die to a distance of about one-eighth of an inch,

at which time the rod 41 will have reached the end of the forward stroke of the reciprocation. As the rod 41 is retracted 0n the backward stroke, the pawl-68, as hereinbefore described, will engage the sleeve 49 and maintain said sleeve in a stationary position while the punch 'or ram 55' isretracted or drawn out from the glass bulb formed thereon. 1 Said sleeve will remain stationary until said glass bulb 91 is completely stripped from the ram 47, at which time the lever 66 will ride in the recess in the rod 41, thereby allowing the sleeve 49 to retract with the ram, as hereinbefore described.

The temperature of the lamp bulb 91 when it is stripped from the'i'am 47 is such that said bulb is still soft and pliable, the operation of drawing, forming, and stri ping the "bulb being performed so rapid y that said bulb does not have sufficient time to cool very materially. Since the bulb is still soft and pliable, it is not permissible that said bulb be dropped any great distance, inasmuch as the impact due to the fall will deform said bulb. For this reason tacle is located at the far end. of said.

inclined surface. With this arrangement, when the bulb is stripped from the punch .47 it will fall through the opening 88 upon the elevated portion of the inclined surface 1 and roll down said surface into thereceiving. receptacle. Durin the time that the bulb rolls down the inc ined surface, it will be sufliciently cooled so that. when it reaches the receiving receptacle the lass walls thereof will have hardened su ciently to eliminate any ossibility of distortion.

As hereinbe ore described, the cylindrical projecting portion 56 of the sleeve 49 serves the double purpose of severing the formed glass bulb 91 fromthe excess plastic lass of the mass 110 not ultilized in the orming operation and likewise Serves as a means for stripping the finished glass bulb from the ram 47. As the ram and sleeve continue to recede out of the punch, the bifurcated end 61 of the lever 60, under the-influence of the spring 63, will ride over the periph eral surface of said sleeve and ramJ'This bifurcated arm 61 servesv to strip from saidsleeve and ram that portion of the plastic 110 the treadle 108, thereby resetting the pad 90,.

and the apparatus is then in condition for the formin of a second lamp bulb in a manner simllar to that just described.

It will be obvious fromthe construction of the machine that the reciprocation of the rod 41 is very rapidly performed, a com plete reciprocation consuming about two seconds. Such 'bein the case, it will be evident that the operatlons above described are very rapidly performed and that c0nsequently the glass is in contact with the forming tools for such a very short interval of time that excessive cooling is not permissible, and consequently cracking of the glass bulb on account of such cooling is avoided. By the use of the process and'the apparatus herein described, thin walled glass lamp bulbs 91 of the type shown in Fig. 10 can be very rapidly formed and held to very exacting dimensions.

Obviously the process of and apparatus for drawing glass bulbs for miniature lamps, the specific embodiment of the invention herein illustrated and described, is but one of the many physical expressions of this invention, and the same is not limited thereby, the scope of said invention being set forth in the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. The process of drawing glass, which consists in subjecting plastic glass to the joint action of a punch and die, and then stripping the article drawn from said punch before it has been cooled sufiiciently by said punch and die to cause cracking.

2. The process of drawing and forming thin walled glass articles, which consists in drawing plastic glass through a die and over a ram orflpunch.

"the article between a punch or ram and retractible pad, advancing the pad and punch and interposed plastic glass through a dle,

' retracting the pad immediately after the plastic glass is formed about the end of the ram to the desired thickness, then drawing the plastic glass through said -d1e and over said ram, and finally rapidly stripping.

the formed article from said ram before it has been sufliciently cooled thereby to cause cracking.

5. The process of drawin and forming thin walled glass articles, w ich consists in shaping plastic glass to form the end of the article between a punch or ram and retractible pad, advancing the pad, punch, and interposed plastic glass-through a die, retracting 'the pad immediately after the plastic glass is formed about the end of the ram'to the desired thickness, then drawing the thin walled glass articles, which consists in shaping plastic glass to form the end of the article between a punch or ram and retractiblev pad, advancing the pad, punch, and interposed plastic glass through a die, retractmg the pad immediately after the plastic glass is formed about the end of the ram to the desired thickness, then drawing the plastic glass through the die and over said ram, then severing the formed article from the excess of plastic glass, then stri ping the formed article from sald ram be ore it has been sufiiciently cooled thereby to cause cracking, and finally stripping the excess of plastic glass from said sleeve.

7 In a device of the character described, in combination, a reciprocating ram, a die, a forming pad cobperating with said ram means to advance said ram and pad through said die, and means to retract said pad out of the path of said ram immediately after the ram has formed the plastic glassabout its end to the thickness desired.

8. In a device for drawing and forming thin Walled glass articles, the combination with a reciprocating ram and a die, of a forming pad coiiperating with said ram for shaping plastic glass therebe'ween to form the end of said article, means to advance said ram, pad, and the interposed plastic glass through said die, and means toretract said pad from contact with said glass immediately after the ram has formed the plastic glass about its end to the thickne$ desired.

9. In a device for drawing and-forming thin walled glass articles, the combination with a reciprocating ram and a die, of a forming pad coiiperating with said ram for shaping plastic glass therebetween to form the end of said article, means to advance said ram, pad, and the interposed plastic glass through said die, means to retract said pad from contact with said glass immediately after the ram has formed said glass about its end to the thickness desired the plastic glass being drawn through said die and over said ram, and means to sever the formed article from the excess plastic glass not drawn through the die.

10. In a device for drawing and forming thin walled glass articles, the combination with a reciprocating ram and a die, of a forming pad cooperating with said ram for shaping plastic glass therebetween to form the end of said article, means to advance said ram, pad, and the interposed plastic glass through said die, means to retract said pad from contact with said glass immediately after the ramhas formed said glass about its end to the thickness desired the plastic glass being drawn through said die and over-said ram, and a sleeve shaped to fit said die inclosing said ram and advancing therewith which serves to sever the formed article from the excess plastic glass not drawn through.

said die.

tic glass through-said die, means toretract said pad from contact with said glass immediately after the ram has formed said glass about its'end to the thickness desired the plastic glass being drawn through said die and over said ram, and means to sever the formed article from the excess plastic glass not drawn through the die said means also serving to strip the formed article from said ram as it is withdrawn from said die.-

12. In a devicefor drawing and forming thin walled glass articles, thecombination with a reciprocating ram and a die, of a forming pad cooperating with said ram for lllld shaping the plastic glass therebetween to form the end of said article, means to ad- Vance said ram, pad, and the interposed plastic glass through said die, means to. retract said pad from contact with said glass im-' mediate-1y after'the ram has formed said glass about its end tothe thickness desiredthe plastic glass being drawn through said ie and over said ram, meansto sever the formed article from the excess plastic glass not drawn through the die said means also serving to strip the formed article from said ram as'it is withdrawn from said die, and means to automatically remove the excess plastic glass from said severing and strip-- ping means. Y

13. Ina device for drawlng and form ng thin walled glass articles, the comblnatlon with areciprocating ram and a die,of a formving pad cooperating with said ram for shaping plastic glass therebetween to form the end ofsaid article, means to advance said pad, ram, and the interposed plastic glass through said die, means to retract said pad from contact with said glass immediately after the ram has formed said glass about its end to the thickness desired, the plastic glass being drawn through said die and over said ram, a sleeve shaped to fit said die which incloses said ram and advances therewith and serves -,to sever the formed article from the excess plastic glass not drawn through the die, andfmeans to withdraw said ram from said die independently of said sleeve whereby said article is stripped from said ranrby said sleeve. J

14. In a device for drawing andfOrming thin walled glass articles, the combination with a reciprocating ram and a -die, of a a forming pad coiiperating'with said ram for shapingplastic glass therebetween to form the end of said article, means to advance said pad, ram, and, the interposed plastic glass through said die, means to retract said of a p'ad from contact with said glass immediately after the ram has formed said glass about its end to the thickness desired the plastic glass being drawn through said die and over said ram, a sleeve shaped to fit said dievwhich incloses said ramand advances therewith and serves to sever the formed article from the excess plastic, glass not drawn through the die, meansto withdraw said ram from said die independently of 'said sleeve whereby said article is stripped from said ram by said sleeve, and means automatically operated to straddle said ram and sleeve on the return stroke of each reciprocation whereby the excess glass is stripped therefrom. I

15. In a device for drawing and forming thin walled glass articles, the combination with a reciprocating ram and a die, of a forming pad cooperating with said mm for shaping plastic glass therebetween to form the end of said article, means to advance said 'pad, ram, and the interposed plastic glass through said die, means to retract said pad from contact with said glass immediately after the ram has formed said glass about its end to the thickness desired the plastic glass being drawn through said die and over said ram, a sleeve shaped to fit said die which incloses said ram and advances therewith and serves to sever the formed article ram by said sleeve, means automatically op-' erated' to straddle said ram and sleevevon the return stroke of .each reciprocation whereby the excess glass is stripped therefrom, and means cooperating with said ram to withdraw said sleeve from said die after the article is stripped from said ram.

16. In a device for drawing and forming thin walled glass articles, the combination with a reciprocating ram and a die, of a forming pad cooperating with said ram for shaping plastic glass therebetween to form the end of said article, means to advance said ram, pad, and the interposed plastic glass through said die, means to retract said pad from contact with said glass immediately after the ram has formed said glassv glass vials, the combination with a reciproeating ram and a die, of a; forming p cooperating with said ram for shaping the plastic g ass therebetween to form the closed end of said vial, means to advance said ram, pad, and the interposed plastic glass through said die, automatic means operated to retract said pad from contact with said glass immediately after the ram has formed said glass about its end to the thickness desired, and means automatically operated to sever the formed via'l from the excess plastic glass and strip said formed vial from said ram.

18. In a device for drawing and forming glass vials, the combination with a reciprodating ram and die, of means operated to form the closed end of said vial about the end of said ram, means for reciprocating said ram to draw plastic glass through said die and over said ram, andmeans operated to sever the excess plastic glass from said formed vial when a desired length thereof has been drawn through the die.

. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.

HARRY TRISTRAM. BELLAMY. JESSE CONRAD SMITH. 

